Clone the dynamic block in the same drawing file.

By Virupaksha Aithal

Below code shows the procedure to clone the dynamic block with all its properties to same drawing file.

Steps:
Wblock the present dynamic block to new database using “wblock”.
Use “Insert” API to insert the database (generated in step1) with new block name

[CommandMethod("cloneDynamic")]
static public void cloneDynamic() // This method can have any name 
{
    Document doc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
    Editor ed = doc.Editor;
    Database db = doc.Database;
    using (Transaction tr =
        db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
    {
        BlockTable tb = tr.GetObject(db.BlockTableId,
                        OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTable;
        BlockTableRecord dynamic = tr.GetObject(tb["DynamicBlock"],
                            OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTableRecord;
 
        Database temDB = db.Wblock(dynamic.ObjectId);
 
        ObjectId copyId = ObjectId.Null;
        using (temDB)
        {
            copyId = db.Insert("DynamicBlockCopy", temDB, true);
        }
        tr.Commit();
 
    }
}